Saturday, 21 June 2014

Nick Percival - Dead Rising.

Sadly, this week sees the end of one of the Dredd events of the year, the excellent Traumatown by Michael Carroll and the brilliant Nick Percival. This fascinating story has seen Dredd's mental state stretched to it's limits as an unknown foe warps the very fabric of reality! But who is attacking MegaCity-One?

Once again Nick was kind enough to send a 'clean' version of the cover and his thought process behind it. He says “And so this cover brings an end to the 5 part TraumaTown Dredd series."

"I wanted the last cover to focus on one of the scenes from inside the Prog, where Dredd has another hallucination of being surrounded by the undead, so I decided to have a bit of fun with it."

"I hope the series was enjoyed by loyal Dredd fans and I'm looking forward to working on some more Dredd stuff in the not too distant future. I just felt like I was experimenting with this series and starting to get my feet wet being back on Dredd again, so it’d be cool to kick loose on a larger Dredd tale down the line. We have a few ideas….watch this space.”

Let's hope so. I know this story has been very well received by the fans so I'm sure we'd all welcome some more Percival goodness! Below, we see how the cover appears in our newsagents as well as a reminder of Nick's astounding cover for part one of the series...

Oh stop being so grumpy Joe, they just want a cuddle.

Dredd's eczema was getting worse...

Regular readers of the blog will remember I mentioned a Facebook competition that Nick ran, the prize being a cameo in the strip itself. The lucky victims were the Prog's own Annie Parkhouse, super fans Iain Souter and Kurt Struss. Check out their Grizzly deaths below...

Parkhouse KNEW she'd regret that vindaloo...

Yep, definitely suicide...

Egor loved his giant jelly baby.

Great galloping thanks to Nick for being amazing yet again! Here's hoping we see his 'Family' graphic novel soon...